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. J. T. PILKINGTON CLOTHESPIN Filed Oct. 12, 1921 l1 TTOR/VEYS Patented Sept. 18, 1923.

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Application filed October 12, 1921. Serial No. 507,213.

To all whom it may concern practically 'Be it known that 1, JOHN THOMAS PIL- KINGTON, a subject of the King of England, and resident of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, have invented a new and Improved V Clothespin, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description. 7

This invention; relates to clothes pins, and aims to provide an extremely simple and inexpensive device of this characeter, which is especially designed for use in connection with pulley-lines, whereby the same will function to pass around a grooved pul ley upon which the liner is mounted.

As a further object, the invention contemplates a clothes pin which is preferably constructed of metal, thereby producing a indestructible article which is light and compact, and formed in such a manner as to eliminate sharp edges, or corners which might tend to tear or otherwise destroy garments with which it is associated.

WVith the above recited, and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and tarrangement of parts set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being 11111 7 derstood that variations and. modifications which properly fall within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to when found expedient.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a slide elevation of a clothes pin constructed in accordance with my invention, and illustrating the normal position of the pin when removed from the line.

Figure 2 is a similar view illustrating the pin associated with a line, and attaching a garment thereto. 7

Figure 3'is a rear edge view ofthe'pin.

Figure 4c is a front edge view of a niodi fied form of the invention, and

Figure 5 is aside elevationthereof.

Referring to-the drawings by characters of reference, 10 and 11 designate a pair of legs, which are formed from a single strip of metallic wire, connected at one of their ends by an integral coil 12. The leg 11, which willand bendingthe remainder of the terminal upwardly, and rearwardly, thence, rearwardly, and downwardly, in a semi-circle to a point in approximately the same horizontal planeas'the bend 15, where the terminal is formed with an eye 16. By this construction the head is provided with laterally spaced parallel portions of substantially the same configuration in side elevation, which afford therebetween a receivin space 17.

The upper free extremity oi the front leg 10 is bent rearwardly and upwardly at a point slightly above the plane of the U bend 15, as illustrated at 18, and the terminal thereof is formed into an eye 19. The upper extremity of the front leg 10 is designed to be received between the side portions of the head within the space 17, the coil 12 and inherentresiliency of the material from which the pin is constructed serving to normally effect a relative separation of the upper eX- tremities of the legs 10 and 11, while the lateral bend 15 co-acts with the free extremity of the forward leg to limit said relative separation.

To apply the pin to the line for holding the garment thereon, the operator grasps the lower coiled extremity 12 between the thumb and second finger, with the index finger engaging the topof the head 13, by pressing downwardly with the index finger, the article and line will flex the front leg 10 toward the rear leg 11, and the head will slide over the article and line into the position illus trated in Figure 2, thereby gripping the opposite fold of the article immediately below the line, the portions 14 of the head, and extremity 18 of the front leg 10, serving as gripping jaws for the purpose. To remove or disengage the pin, the index and second finger are engaged over the line at opposite sides of the pin, and the thumb inserted under the coiled lower end 12; by pressing upwardly with the thumb it is obvious that the head will be disengaged from the material and the line.

In the modified adaptation of the invention illustrated in Figures 4: and 5, the construction is identical with that of the first embodiment, with the exception of the omission of the coil 12, in which instance the inherent resiliency of the material, from which the legs 10 and 11 are constructed, serves to effect suiiicient normal relative separation of the free extremities of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what ters Patent is as follows:

1. A clothes p1n,'compr1sing a pair of elongated resilient members connected at one end and normallytensioned to effect the relative separation of the opposite ends thereof, and one of the members having its free end bent rearwardly and terminating in a substantially 'Ushaped portion, the

legs ofvwhi-ch are disposed parallel to the lODQltHdlnitl axis of said elongated members and said leg; portions being bent outward adjacent the bridge portion 01" said U-shaped portion and the other'elongated member terminating in an inwardly bent portion at its free end and adapted to be disposed between the legs of said U-shaped portion of the other leg and normally engage upon the bridge portion thereof. 7

2. A clothes pin, comprising apair of elongated resilient members connected at one end and normally tensioned to effect the relative separation the opposite ends thereof and one of the members'having. its

free end bent rearwardly and terminating in a substantially U-shaped portion, the legs of V which are disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of said elongatedmembers and said leg portions being bent outward'adja'eent the bridge portion of said Ushaped portion, and

the other elongated member terminating in an inwardly bent portion and adapted to be GTON. V V 

